Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 223 [comb. nov.]

• Type: "in Nova-Hollandia. ... (v.s. comm. ex hort. Berol. a cl. Otto.)"

basionym: Metrosideros rugulosa Schltdl. ex Link legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros macropunctata Dum.Cours. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros scabra Colla legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros glandulosa DC. nom. inval., pro syn.

Miquel, F.A.W. (1856), Stirpes Novo-Hollandas a Ferd Mullero collectas determinavit. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 4(1): 141 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(1): 13 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Callistemon coccineus F.Muell. legitimate by Miquel, F.A.W. (1856), Stirpes Novo-Hollandas a Ferd Mullero collectas determinavit. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief 4(1): 141

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 120 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon coccineus F.Muell. legitimate

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 383, Pl. CXCII [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Callistemon coccineus F.Muell. legitimate common name: Scarlet Bottlebrush [n/a]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 405 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Callistemon coccineus F.Muell. legitimate common name: Scarlet Bottle-brush [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 605, Fig. 803 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Callistemon coccineus F.Muell. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 233 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon macropunctatus (Dum.Cours.) Court legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 451 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Callistemon macropunctatus (Dum.Cours.) Court legitimate

Lumley, P.F. & Spencer, R.D. (29 March 1988), Nomenclatural notes on Callistemon R.Br. (Myrtaceae). Muelleria 6(6): 411-412 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Callistemon rugulosum DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros rugulosa Schltdl. nom. inval., nom. nud. nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros rugulosa Schltdl. ex Link legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros scabra Colla legitimate misapplication: Callistemon macropunctatus (Dum.Cours.) Court legitimate by Court, A.B. (1957), Changes in the nomenclature of some Victorian dicotyledons. The Victorian Naturalist 73(10): 175

Spencer, R.D. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Callistemon. Flora of Victoria 3: 1024, Fig. 211q-s [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros rugulosa Schltdl. ex Link legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon macropunctatus (Dum.Cours.) Court legitimate common name: Scarlet Bottlebrush [n/a]

Craven, L.A. (2006), New combinations in Melaleuca for Australian Species of Callistemon (Myrtaceae). Novon 16(4): 473 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Melaleuca rugulosa (Schltdl. ex Link) Craven legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros rugulosa Schltdl. nom. inval., nom. nud. nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros rugulosa Schltdl. ex Link legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon rugulosum DC. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Callistemon rugulosus (Schltdl. ex Link) DC. var. rugulosus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Melaleuca rugulosa (Schltdl. ex Link) Craven legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros scabra Colla legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon scabrum Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Callistemon scaber Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Metrosideros glandulosa DC. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Callistemon rugulosus var. scaber (Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.) Heynh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon rugulosum var. laevifolia Miq. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Callistemon rugulosus var. laevifolius F.Muell. ex Miq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon coccineus var. laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon coccineus F.Muell. var. coccineus legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon coccineus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) Cheel legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callistemon macropunctatus var. laevifolius (F.Muell. ex Miq.) H.Eichler legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, Vic (native and naturalised)

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